Research and Innovation University College Dublin

2015

Research Themes at UCD Dublin

ICT

Culture, Economy& Society

Agri-Food

Energy Environment

Health

A research paper by UCD

Prof Des Higgins is

named in the Top 10 most highly cited

publications of all time

Source Nature

About UCD DublinIreland’s Global University

€1.3bnAnnual economic

output generated by UCD and its students

in Ireland

Source UCD Delivering Impact Report 2015

The LargestUniversity in Ireland

666Research

Funded Staff

1,484Academic

StaffSource About UCD http://www.ucd.ie/

about-ucd/about/ucdbynumbers/ Source RMS

The LargestUniversity in Ireland

1,580PhD

Students

8,179Graduate Students

Source About UCD http://www.ucd.ie/about-ucd/about/ucdbynumbers/

Source About UCD http://www.ucd.ie/about-ucd/about/ucdbynumbers/

Produces

22%of Ireland’s PhD

Graduates per year

The LargestUniversity in Ireland

Source HEA website

Global Ranking

TOP 1%of Higher Education

InstitutionsWorldwide

Source Times Higher Education Rankings 2015

Source QS Worldwide University Rankings

66th in Europe

154th in the World

Research Awards

Research Awards

€1.06bn in new awards since 2004

Source RMS Grants

Research Awards

€107min new externally funded

research awards for 2014/15

Source RMS Grants

Research Awards

2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15

Irish State European CommissionOther Irish & International Business

€103.3m

€75.7m

€113.3m €114.1m€107.1m

Source RMS Grants

Funding Sourcesin the last 5 years

Science Foundation Ireland

European Commission

Enterprise Ireland

Irish Research Councils

Department of Agriculture

Higher Education Authority

Irish Foundations

Health Research Board

International Foundations

Irish Business

Others €44m

€17m

€20m

€23m

€24m

€26m

€35m

€36m

€42m

€96m

€150m

Source RMS Grants

Publications Summary

Publications

#1in Ireland citations

per faculty

Source QS Worldwide University Rankings

Publications

865 books from 2010-2014

Source RMS Profiles

2005 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14

2,8042,9032,8582,9422,700

2,558

2,230

1,8521,6911,612

Number of Publicationsin Scopus

Source Elsevier SciVal

Source Elsevier SciVal

0

0.58

1.15

1.73

2.3

Univ Coll Cork

Queens Uni

Belfast

Uni Coll

Dublin

Trinity Coll

Dublin

Uni Edinburgh

Uni Oxford

2.262.12

1.641.631.611.4

Publication Impact 2010-14

World Average

UCD Areas of Strength

Top 1% in 19 fields• Clinical Medicine • Chemistry • Physics • Biology & Biochemistry • Molecular Biology & Genetics • Neuroscience & Behavior • Agricultural Sciences • Plant & Animal Science • Computer Science • Environment/Ecology • Immunology

• Social Sciences, General • Geosciences • Engineering • Psychiatry/Psychology • Microbiology • Pharmacology & Toxicology • Economics & Business • Materials Science

Source Essential Science Indicators

Source QS Worldwide University Rankings

Top 100in the world

• English Language & Literature

• History • Modern Languages • Agriculture & Forestry

• Veterinary Science • Geography & Area

Studies • Development Studies

• Law

Source Times Higher Education Rankings 2015

Top 100in the world

Clinical, Pre-clinical,and Health

Source Thomson Reuters InCites™, 2009-2013 data among institutions publishing at scale

#1Globally on citations per paper in

the areas of Agricultural Science and Food Science

and Technology

Collaboration Summary

Collaboration

UCD collaborates with

147countries

Collaboration on Publications

Source Elsevier SciVal 2010-2014

Europe 1,272

Middle East 94

Asia Pacific 434

Africa 60

South America 64

North America 467

CollaborationTrinity College Dublin Ireland 805

Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics

Russia 627

Imperial College London UK 598

University of Manchester UK 589

Universite Paris 6 France 540

INFN Italy 517

Moscow State University Russia 514

Institute for High Energy Physics Russia 506

RAS - Saint Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute

Russia 504

Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas Brazil 504

Top 10 Collaborating

Institutions 2010-14

Source Elsevier SciVal 2010-2014

Innovation Summary

Innovation Summary

250+Industry

partnerships

30+UCD Spin-out

companies

Source UCD Innovation

Innovation

Innovation

550+Inventions Disclosed

380Patents Filed

(including over 190 priority patent applications)

Source UCD Innovation

Innovation

110License

Agreements concluded

4th in Europe in

venture backed entrepreneurs

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